World / Middle East

Special forces target Islamic State in Hawija: Iraq official 08 Jan 2016 - 02:54 pm

Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim al-Jabouri speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, January 7, 2016. REUTERS By Stephen Kalin and...

Turkish soldiers repel attempted Islamic State attack on Iraq base: Sources 08 Jan 2016 - 02:45 pm

File photo/ AFP ANKARA: Turkish troops repelled an attack by Islamic State militants on a military base in northern Iraq where Turkish soldiers...

Deputy crown prince says Saudis will not allow war with Iran 08 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. AFP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said...

Syria government to allow aid into besieged Madaya: UN 08 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

A toddler is held up to the camera in this still image taken from video said to be shot in Madaya on January...

Deadly Istanbul airport incident was mortar attack: prosecutors 08 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

A Kurdish group calling itself the Freedom Falcons of Kurdistan (TAK) claimed an explosion near a plane at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport on...

Gunmen fire at Israeli tourists in Cairo, no casualties: Security sources 07 Jan 2016 - 06:45 pm

Police are seen at the scene where gunmen attacked a tourist bus in front of a hotel in Giza, Greater Cairo, Egypt January...

Bahrain sentences three to life in prison for attack on police 07 Jan 2016 - 06:43 pm

DUBAI: Bahrain’s High Criminal Court sentenced three unnamed defendants to life imprisonment on charges of attempting to murder policemen with an improvised bomb,...

Ocalan’s isolation an ‘invitation to war’ in Turkey: Pro-Kurdish MP 07 Jan 2016 - 06:08 pm

A file photo of members of the PKK, pictured next to a portrait of jailed Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan at a camp...

Truck bomb kills nearly 50 at Libyan police training centre 07 Jan 2016 - 05:30 pm

An injured man receives treatment inside a hospital in Misurata, Libya January 7, 2016 after one of Libya's worst truck bombs in years...

Countries to pledge spots for Syrian refugees at UN conference in March 07 Jan 2016 - 05:08 pm

Syrians bury the body of a victim who reportedly died in a mortar shell attack at a layered cemetery on January 7, 2016...

Iran bans imports from Saudi Arabia, faces Saudi boycotts 07 Jan 2016 - 04:33 pm

An Iranian riot police stands guard as protesters hold street signs with the name of Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr during a demonstration...

In besieged Syrian town, peace talks seen as pointless 07 Jan 2016 - 01:45 pm

Syrian children carry placards as they call for the lifting of the siege off Madaya and Zabadani towns in Syria, in front of...

Dozens killed, wounded in bombing at Libya police school: Reports 07 Jan 2016 - 01:29 pm

File picture for representation only Tripoli: A truck bomb attack on a police training centre in Libya's western city of Zliten has killed...

Gunmen open fire on tourist bus at Cairo hotel, no casualties: Security sources 07 Jan 2016 - 01:22 pm

CAIRO: Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on tourists as they boarded a bus in Cairo on Thursday but there were no casualties,...

Obama, Abadi discuss concern over Saudi Arabia execution 07 Jan 2016 - 02:08 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday discussed their “mutual concern” over Saudi...

About 2,500 IS fighters killed in Iraq and Syria last month 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: The US-led coalition that has been carrying out air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed about 2,500...

Iraqi Shiite militias in mass anti-Saudi protest 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Baghdad: Two thousand members and supporters of Iraq's powerful Shiite militias demonstrated Wednesday against Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite...